Invasive Breast Cancer Is Rising Fast in Asian American Women
Breast cancer is known to disproportionately affect Asian American women who never smoked. Now, a new study documents a new breast cancer trend.
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Breast Cancer Is Rising Fast in One Group of American Women
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Could These Tiny Organs Save Millions of Lives?
UCSF researchers are using tiny "mini-organs" to model disease, personalize treatment, and understand human development. They are also addressing the limitations holding the field back: giving organoids a vascular system and making organoids reproducible.
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How New AI Cuts Breast Cancer Screening Time for High-Risk Women
Using AI on mammograms can identify patients at highest risk for breast cancer and get them same-day follow up care, eliminating stressful waiting times.
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UCSF Study Finds a Better Way to Screen for Breast Cancer
A study finds personalized breast cancer screening based on risk reduces advanced cancers and ensures safe, tailored mammogram frequency.
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A New Study Challenges the Way We Screen for Breast Cancer
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UCSF Awarded $12M Research Grant to Improve Cancer Outcomes
The UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center announced today the awarding of a Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPORE) grant by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for a
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Some Breast Tumors Tunnel Into Fat to Fuel Up. Can We Stop Them?
A UCSF team discover how breast cancer tumors tunnel into neighboring fat cells to trigger fat breakdown in order to feed on fat and grow.
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Predictive Biomarkers, Tailored Therapy Among Conference Presentations
Oncology specialists from UC San Francisco will present new clinical research findings and cutting-edge treatment strategies at the 2025 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting,
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AI in Cancer Care, Targeted Therapies Among Cancer Conference Talks
Leading cancer researchers from UC San Francisco presented talks about advances in targeted therapies, cancer genomics, using AI to personalize cancer treatment, improving diagnosis of hard-to-treat
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How Hungry Fat Cells Could Someday Starve Cancer to Death
Scientists used implanted fat cells to gobble up available nutrients around cancer tumors, starving the tumors to death.
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3-D Mammograms Are Overtaking Traditional Scans. But Are They Better?
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International Conference Features UCSF Breast Cancer Experts
Breast cancer experts from UCSF Health will present new research and clinical findings at the annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, the world’s largest and most prestigious breast cancer
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Some IUDs Linked to Higher Rates of Breast Cancer, but Overall Risk Remains Low
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Precision Breast Cancer Trial Shows Improved Treatment by Tumor Subtype
Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S. and worldwide, pointing to the continuing need to improve treatment strategies and therapies that better patient survival and
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Powerful New Mini Microscope Will Enable Precision Cancer Surgery
Mekhail Anwar leads a multi-institution $15 million grant from ARPA-H to develop imaging technology to improve cancer surgery.
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UCSF Health Cancer Experts Featured at Premier Cancer Meeting
Oncology specialists from around the world came together for the 2024 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting to discuss the latest developments in cancer care, research,
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The Biggest Energy Users in Cancer Treatment Aren’t What You Think
Energy expended for hospital and clinic electricity, climate control and ventilation is by far the biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions in radiotherapy, a treatment used in more than half of cancer cases.
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Targeted Therapy, Treatment Disparity Featured at Cancer Meeting
Leading cancer researchers from UC San Francisco presented talks about advances in targeted therapy, cancer genomics, eliminating treatment disparities and other cancer research topics at this year’s
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Dangerous Beauty
Cell biologist and engineer Matthew Kutys, PhD, and his team harness organoids – living tissues derived from patient tumors – to study how cancer spreads.
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All the Carcinogens We Cannot See
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How to Decrease Advanced Breast Cancer Among Women of Color
UCSF researchers found that regular screening is not always sufficient to prevent an advanced breast cancer diagnosis.
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The Path to Early Intervention: Build a Better Breast Cancer Predictor
Breast cancer was the second most commonly diagnosed cancer in women, after skin cancer – accounting for 31% of all new female cancer diagnoses in 2022. Yet, determining who is most at risk of breast
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Breast Cancer Treatments Offer More Options Than Surgery
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Breast Cancer Riddle: Best Ways to Screen and Treat
Laura Esserman discusses breast cancer risk factors, progress in the field and the importance of tailoring treatment for women with low-risk cancer while also identifying women at high risk of invasive cancer.
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Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines Should Evolve With Science
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The Growing Case for Doing Less: How Harmless Cancers Are Being Overdiagnosed in America
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Study Finds Significant Chemical Exposures in Women With Cancer
Researchers have found that people who developed breast, ovary, skin and uterine cancers have significantly higher levels of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in their bodies.
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Does Sugar Actually Feed Cancer?
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The Cancer Breakthrough Boom
Engineered immune cells. Supercharged scans. Drug implants. Gene manipulators. Blood biopsies. Read how these breakthroughs are transforming cancer care.
